Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction,
• a printing unit configured to print on a first surface of the medium,
• a first heating unit configured to heat the first surface of the medium, the medium being printed and transported;
• a second heating unit configured to heat a second surface of the medium, the second surface being opposite side of the first surface of the medium;
• wherein
• the first heating unit includes a first heating element and a second heating element adjacent to the first heating element, and
• the first heating element and the second heating element have a length, in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction, which is longer than a length in the transport direction,
• the second heating unit heats an area, the area superposing a gap between the first heating element and the second heating element,
• wherein the second heating element is adjacent to the first heating element in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction.

A drying apparatus comprising:

• a first heating unit configured to heat a first surface of a medium, the medium being printed and transported in a transport direction;
• a second heating unit configured to heat a second surface of the medium, the second surface being opposite side of the first surface of the medium;
• wherein
• the first heating unit includes a first heating element and a second heating element adjacent to the first heating element, and
• the first heating element and the second heating element have a length, in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction, which is longer than a length in the transport direction,
• the first heating element is removable from the first heating unit independently from the second heating element,
• the second heating unit heats an area, the area superposing a gap between a first end of the first heating element and a second end of the second heating element in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction.